“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” by Hippocrates.Founded in 1980, Hanji Co., Ltd is South Korean company which specializes in developing functional foods with its natural onion fermentation technology.

"Fermented Onion" Brand Story

"Fermented Onion" Brand Story was firstly told since its founder, CEO of Hanji Co., Ltd started studying oriental medicine and Chinese medicine in order to regain his health due to the frequent wrong eating and drinking habits. Then, he started his medical business with other people who was suffering from chronic diseases, decided to invest the rest of their life in this businesss.

As you may know, "Fermented" foods are foods that have been through a process of lactofermentation in which natural bacteria feed on the sugar and starch in the food creating lactic acid. This process preserves the food, and creates beneficial enzymes, b-vitamins, Omega-3 fatty acids, and various strains of probiotics. It provides numerous health benefits such as keep your immune system stronger, curb sugar cravings, promotes growth of healthy bacteria in the gut and increase flavor of foods.

In addition, "onion" is known to have the most antioxidant effect among the foods we eat. Combining these two factors, Hanji Co., Ltd launched their functional food series called "Fermented Onion" , developed through onion fermentation technology with other natural ingredients in the beginning of 2017. This product line was confirmed the antioxidant, antidiabetic and cholesterol level changes in animal experiments at Silla University and found that it was excellent.

Onion Fermentation Process

"Fermented onion" means that the fermented product using the beneficial bacteria onion is good for the body. "Fermented onion" products are made through 3-time fermentation process as following.

♦ The first fermentation is onion fermentation for 6 months to 1 year to make fermented onion vinegar. Among the onion which is widely known as a vascular cleaner, it fermentes red onion which contains a lot of functional ingredients for 6 months ~ 1 year, and makes the only Hanji's natural fermented onion vinegar.

♦ The second fermentation is a raw material fermentation process using onion vinegar. The raw materials such as red onion, old zucchini, black sesame, silkworm, and pomegranate are dried and crushed to make the powder easy to ingest. The raw materials are fermented for about 3 ~ 4 days using onion vinegar made in the first fermentation.

♦ The final third step is that after mixing the raw materials fermented in the second stage with the appropriate ratio, the final fermentation process will complete the fermented onion with black sesame, silkworm, and pomegranate products.